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TIL, with a running start, Usain Bolt ran a 100m in 8.70 seconds in 2009

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WeWX TIL that there is only one cast member alive from the original Wizard of Oz movie, his name is Jerry Maren and he was one of the 3 lollipop guild munchkins
R5vg1 TIL Switzerland constitutionally banned all monasteries and the Jesuits until 1973
1lmW TIL that since some early spellcheckers didn’t have the word “cooperation” without the hyphen, there are various documents online from NATO, the EU, the UN, and other international orgs that use the word Cupertino instead. “The Cupertino with our Italian comrades proved to be very fruitful”
d8rb8 TIL about Doug Hegdahl, a POW during the Vietnam War, who memorized the names, dates of capture, method of capture and personal details of 256 fellow POWs to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had A Farm." He can still recite it to this day.
ENO7 TIL that not only did the Mormon church not oppose the Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon”, they used the extra attention to promote their religion and even took out ad-space in the playbill